A hamlet is the smallest community, a village usually implies some
center or commercial activity.

What is liberal, as Henretta uses it? Someone who believes in the
opportunity of the market. Not an aristocrat, an individualist.

A lot of energy goes into projecting our own views on the 17th/18th
cents. Another view is that they came over and immediately tried to
recreate the old world. Henretta says: they were not looking for
profit. (This applies to North--southern economy developed differently.)

"The colonial farmer raised his children to succeed him, not to succeed
in the marketplace."

How would you test this? How would you know?
Generational name similarities suggest importance of continuity,
acquisition of/distribution of land (didn't consolidate land holdings
geographically), patterns of settlement/use (shows variety of land
types needed for subsistence).

Coming from England, they tried to adapt their familiar culture to an
unfamiliar land.

Merchant: see notes, cool stuff

Gilmore: reading

Reading was intensive - few things read often, then moved to
extensive--many things read superficially. Reading out loud changed to
reading silently to one's self.

For project: Use the big overarching theories to compare your idea
against.
What is the way a farmer would describe success?